Master of Music-University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1993
Bachelor of Music-University of North Texas, 1991
Jeffrey M. Moore is a Professor of Music and the Director of Percussion Studies at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. Receiving his appointment to the music faculty in 1994, Professor Moore's duties include teaching all applied percussion majors and conducting the "Pop" Percussion Ensemble, the Chamber Percussion Ensemble, and the Marimba Band. Additionally, he supervises the instruction and music arranging for the Marching Knights drumline and assists in the instruction of Black Steel, the UCF Steel Drum Band.
Active in all facets of percussion, he has performed with several major symphony orchestras and is a frequent performer of chamber music. He also performs on drum set, and is an international clinician, lecturer, and soloist. He is a contributing author to the third edition of Teaching Percussion by Gary Cook and has published a method book and CD package entitled Drumstick Control. He also serves as an Associate Editor of Percussive Notes, the Percussive Arts Society's scholarly journal.
Jeff has served as the Percussion Director of the internationally acclaimed Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps, and as Program Consultant/Percussion Arranger with several European, Japanese, Thai, and Indonesian drum corps and bands.
Jeff is a Yamaha Performing Artist/Clinician, and endorses Paiste cymbal, sounds, and gongs. He endorses Pro-Mark sticks and mallets, and has three signature model sticks, seven keyboard mallet models and a custom designed practice pad. Professor Moore also endorses Remo Drum Heads and Latin Percussion.
Recent Accomplishments and Upcoming Events
April, 2007: Professor Jeff Moore presented a clinic and performed a concert at the Minnesota Day of Percussion at Concordia College in Moorhead.
March, 2007: Professor of Percussion Jeff Moore presented master classes, workshops, and performed an evening solo concert at the Sixth Annual International Percussion Festival in Ukmerge, Lithuania. Earlier in the week he served on the jury of the 2nd Annual Jonas Talocka International Youth Percussion Competition.
February, 2007: Professor of Percussion Jeff Moore received a second consecutive nomination from the College of Arts and Humanities for the University's Excellence in Professional Service Award.
February, 2007: Professor of Percussion Jeff Moore presented a clinic and performed a concert at the Idaho Day of Percussion at Idaho State University in Pocatello.
Jeffrey Moore
Jeff Moore and Luis Rivera Marimbas